Biblical interpretation Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What, according to your instructor, is the #1 rule of interpretation that you should remember even if you forget every other thing that you learn in this course? - Context In what ways are we far removed from the biblical texts? - Time period and language How is the Holy Spirit related to and important to hermeneutics? - Holy Spirit is constantly at work and helps us interpret but we still have to study the bible to gain understanding Where do you find the CAPTOR acronym? - In the Doriani ...

REL 100 Exam 4-- MSU Yahweh - correct answer Hebrew name for God Abraham - correct answer Founder of Judaism, God's chosen person Hellenization - correct answer Spread of Greek culture Talmud - correct answer A collection of authoritative Jewish writings that comment and interpret biblical laws. Torah - correct answer The first five books of Jewish Scripture, which they believe are by Moses Reform Judaism - correct answer Movement to modernize Jewish life, retaining t...

The lecture talked about levels of integration. What is an INCORRECT statement from that discussion? As part of interdisciplinary integration, we would study biblical interpretation but also become an expert in the process of empirical science We need to know our basic assumptions about life—or worldview We realize that truth fits together no matter the source We focus solely on the cognitive process of how we are discovering truth, rather than how we are living as a counselor - correct ...

What verse addresses the need for faith in establishing origins? (Ch. 30) correct answers Hebrews 11:3 What does the phrase "creation ex nihilo" mean, both generally and technically? (Ch. 30) correct answers "Out of Nothing" Does the verb bara (Gen. 1) inherently preclude the use of preexisting material? (Ch. 30) correct answers No. What is the gap theory, and what are its weaknesses? (Ch. 30) correct answers Theory that there is a long period of time between Gen 1:1&2. Dependent on...

What is Soteriology? correct answers study of salvation What did Bultmann say? correct answers Was the 1st big theologian to say the resurrection was not a historical event. Instead, it's a myth we must demytholise What is exegesis? correct answers The process used by scholars to discover the meaning of the biblical text in historical and literary contexts What is hermenutics? correct answers Study of the principles of interpreting the books of the bible and their meaning What are t...

According to the textbook, the two most common excuses for not studying the Bible are that people don't see the value of Bible study and that people don't know how to study the Bible. True According to the textbook, the Bible is very similar to other religious texts, like the Quran of Islam. False According to the textbook, the two types of divine revelation are: General and Special According to the textbook, archaeology can prove everything about the Bible. False ...

rlgn 105 Syncretism - correct answer a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith Theocentric - correct answer God centered anthropocentric - correct answer human centered Legalism - correct answer the belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled Atheism - correct answer Belief that God does not exist nihilism - correct answer the total rejection of religious or moral beliefs Theism - correct answer God exists, was the creato...

REL 100 Exam 4 Question and answers correctly solved REL 100 Exam 4-- MSU Pulleyking Yahweh - correct answer Hebrew name for God Abraham - correct answer Founder of Judaism, God's chosen person Hellenization - correct answer Spread of Greek culture Talmud - correct answer A collection of authoritative Jewish writings that comment and interpret biblical laws. Torah - correct answer The first five books of Jewish Scripture, which they believe are by Moses Reform Judais...

intertestamental period - correct answer about 400 BC to 1 AD 2nd temple period - correct answer 530 BC to 70AD Gnosticism - correct answer material word is evil and said Jesus could not have been a person - correct answer taught that pleasure (in the sense of happiness, not necessarily sensual pleasure) was the chief good in life. This led to an advocacy of "hedonism," the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle. Stoicism - correct answer taught the dutiful a...

rlgn 105 Question and answers already passed 2024 rlgn 105 Syncretism - correct answer a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith Theocentric - correct answer God centered anthropocentric - correct answer human centered Legalism - correct answer the belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled Atheism - correct answer Belief that God does not exist nihilism - correct answer the total rejection of religious or moral beliefs...